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Public-Private Partnerships: A Commitment to Improve Health

Public-private partnerships play a critical role in mobilizing community health through building, enhancing, and sustaining county policies and programs. During a panel discussion at the National Association of Counties (NACo) Roadmaps to Health Forum held in Madison, Wisconsin, participants were able to examine that role with panelists...

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Rankings in Action Webinar: Fit City Challenge in Smith County, Texas

A partnership between the Northeast Texas Public Health District and a local newspaper has grown into a community-wide movement to tackle one of the nation’s greatest health challenges—obesity.

The Tyler Morning Telegraph plays a key role in promoting the Fit City Challenge, a local initiative to foster healthy, active living in Tyler and the rest of East Texas.

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Rankings Launch Day 2013: Join a Teleconference and Twitter Q&A

Are you excited for this week’s 2013 County Health Rankings release? So are we! Join us for a teleconference and Twitter Q&A on Wednesday, March 20 to celebrate our fourth annual County Health Rankings.

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Among the topics to be discussed: How counties measure up within...

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Rankings release can be a wake-up call for counties

Next month our 2016 Rankings will be released, giving counties across the country updated pictures of their community health. What do communities do with this news? Some, such as Laramie County, Wyoming, and...

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Reaching Across the Community to Improve Health: The United Way Example

In many places across the U.S., the United Way Worldwide – one of the national partners working with the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps – is focusing on community impact. Using its mission of improving lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good, United Ways are leveraging their connections, partnerships, and...

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Recent research grantees post novel findings

Explore the findings of seven projects that focused on the structural determinants of health and innovative ways to source, measure and refine County Health Rankings & Roadmaps data.